Letter: Assault weapons serve just one purpose

After Dad (retired Brigadier Gen. Robert Clements, U.S. Air Force) and I talked about the terrible massacre in Connecticut, we both agreed there needs to be a renewal of the assault weapons ban. There is no Second Amendment right to these weapons that places their existence and their use thereof over that of a child's life.

Please help us in letting Doug LaMalfa and Dan Logue know by letters that it is time to end the human carnage and these senseless violent events around our country. We cannot control the people on this planet from being crazy, but we can control weapons that serve no Second Amendment right to possess. As a veteran who served in Vietnam, I can assure you that assault weapons are meant to take human lives in great numbers quickly. Nothing more. Period. They serve no place in a decent and peaceful society.

Thank you for your consideration on this matter and I welcome your useful suggestions. We do not need politics. We need common sense.